I added a line about the taste Anita! I’ve been so scattered this week I keep leaving things out of my posts. (like how much sugar goes in the sugar cookies I posted the other day!)
They are different than cupcakes because of the coatings…soft and moist on the inside and you bite into the thin chocolate coating and it melts in your mouth…I think Bakerella uses red velvet a lot and I did chocolate cake balls with vanilla frosting dipped in chocolate and my fam went NUTS over them. The only downfall…they take lots of time~

Are you kidding me? With the little bags and pink bows on them, totally cute for a baby shower! I am so glad I have someplace to go for a girly fix… the boys would say yes to making these only if they were snakes or frogs… which would just be so wrong. These are beautiful… how time consuming? Hours and hours?

Adorable, w/the ribbon and bags they look like little baby rattlers. I think they would make a wonderful party favor. I love the details and the special care you give everything you do. Love these and may even try them myself.

Lenora…try them! They are one of those things that you do and feel REALLY successful about!
Vicky they require lots of rolling-chilling-rolling some more- shaping with a cookie cutter-dipping-letting dry-dipping again!!!
Boy are they worth it because of the taste but also because of the pretty factor!

many guests would rise up and call you blessed and attack you for the recipe after they recovered from swooning if you served those at either event! i have the afternoon free, and i think i know what i’m going to be making now!

i made cupcakes from my go-to recipe for chocolate cake this afternoon. i didn’t want to go to the grocery–again!–for the cream cheese frosting, so i just used a brick of cream cheese i had in the fridge, incorporating it into the crumbled cake. it worked perfectly! i also didn’t have chocolate bark, so i made some using 1C. choc. chips, 1/2 stick butter, and 2 t. Crisco. worked like a charm!

i now have 38 of these lovelies staring me in the face every time i open the fridge. i hope they’ll make it until sunday so that i can give them to the other couples in my small group!

julie…don’t be intimidated by these! they are SOOOOO easy! if you can crumble cake, smush cream cheese into it with a fork, form balls and freeze them, you can do this! the dipping is easy too! GO FOR IT!

You did an amazing job on those, congratulations! Those rock! But now I’m hungry…lol. I think I might have to try making those one of these days – I may hate cooking, but I LOVE to bake! Great blog – by the way, just found it tonight, looking forward to reading more. Have a lovely day!